Re “When health plan choices are limited, the vulnerable pay the price” (March 4): It is very easy for the nation to lose its way in the ideological/political milieu regarding health care. We have ...

Midlife is like finally arriving at a party where you know exactly who you want to talk to and when to sneak off for cake. It ...

Julia “Judy” Powell is giving to a school she loves for a cause she has long supported. A 1971 BSN graduate of the UAB School of Nursing, Powell is donating to the School through giving during her ...

Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, affects millions of Americans each year, often resulting in long-term health challenges. New national recommendations are now paving the way for more effective short- ...

My two adult children are the best of friends. One loves cooking, while the other is always ready to take his car out for a joy ride. Both have developmental disabilities, and thanks to what I believe ...

Caring for our seniors and sustaining our rural communities are not separate goals. In Oklahoma, they are deeply connected.

Automated tools for advance care planning (ACP) helped increase the number of advance directives and Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms on file. The biggest gains came from ...

No one wants to get the call I received. I was told my child was run over by a car and headed by ambulance to the nearest hospital. Yet my kid says he is the luckiest, unlucky person. Why? After being ...

Reliable child care in Silicon Valley has been tough to find over the past few years, but a new network and in-home service is helping. Upwards Boost is a network created by a mom who was in the same ...